It is just the message list and you have stared the message in it. There is also probably a setting in account setting that says not to delete starred messages. There usually is. So click the star so the message is not starred any longer and then delete it as normal.

Thanks for the reply, Matt. But that did not do the trick. I unstarred the message, and still can not delete the message. You're right about a setting to keep starred messages; in fact there are two places where that setting is invoked. But unticking those boxes made no difference.

• Right click on the 'Inbox' and select 'Properties'
• click on 'Repair Folder'
• click on 'OK'

re : I have two accounts - my email account and Local Folders. Is you 'email account' set up as pop or imap ?

re :All my email is routed to the Local Folders for storage on the PC. Describe exactly how you have this set up. Are you using a Message Filter to auto move or copy all emails downloaded to mail account? if yes - Please post an image of that Message Filter.

Thanks for the reply, Todd! That was the solution. And, yes ... I use filters to move messages from my email account folder to my Local Folders. Attached is a copy of that filter. It's the last filter in the list; Thunderbird tells me that my filters are processed in the order they are listed. So this filter processes everything that is left after the other filters run, a catch-all if you will!